Today it’s 80 years since The King was born.
Let’s celebrate with 5 songs made famous by Elvis Presley & later also covered by Bob Dylan.
Bob Dylan covered this song once during the Nashville Skyline sessions in 1969 & twice during the Shot Of Love sessions in 1981.
Shot of Love outtake:
Elvis Presley @ Sun in 1955:
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Recorded by Dylan at the June 3, 1970 for the “New Morning” album, but it ended up on the Columbia album “Dylan” (1973).
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Elvis Presley – recorded for the film “Blue Hawaii”, released as a single October 1, 1961.
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Recorded by Dylan @ Sony’s New York studios on September 30, 1994. It was supposed to end up on a Elvis tribute album that never was released.
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Elvis Presley recorded his cover of ‘Lawdy Miss Clawdy’ at RCA’s New York City studios on February 3, 1956.
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Dylan tried this one at three different album sessions, the Freewheelin sessions in 1962, “The Times They Are
A-Changin’” sessions in 1963 & finally @ the Nashville Skyline sessions in 1969.
From the Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan sessions Oct/Nov 1962:
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Presley’s version was recorded on July 5, 1954 @ Sun in Memphis:
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Recorded by Dylan in 1967 (Basement Tapes), and later @ the “New Morning” sessions August 12, 1970.
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Elvis Presley recorded it at Sun Studio on July 11, 1955:
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Other songs covered by both artists:
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